Paul Rodman's Blog (44)

We are excited to announce the release of our latest design, Fit. It is a single-page website style design that presents an upgraded feel relative to a slideshow. This premium experience uses responsive technology to ensure the same thematic experience from any computer or device.…

Douglas Trudeau of Tierra Antigua Realty in Tucson, Ariz., today became the first real estate agent who can legally use a drone for real estate photography. If you have recently looked at the listings in your local MLS (or on Zillow and Redfin), you…

TourBuzz user, Dave Clark, started adding aerial fly-ins to his tours, and his customers love it! He has offered to create them for other TourBuzz users for $15. The fly-in is 1 minute and 30 seconds long and will be delivered as an MP4 file, which can easily be added to your TourBuzz tour.

According to VHT Studios' first-of-its-kind analysis, Chicago-area homes that were professionally photographed sold 32% faster, spending an average of 89 Days on Market (DOM) – compared to 123 DOM for other homes. According to the analysis, Realtors® who utilized professional real estate photography cut average DOM by nearly five full weeks. VHT Studios analyzed homes in every price range,…

At TourBuzz, we believe that results matter, so we recently asked our high-volume users to share their success stories with us. We received some great responses, and we are happy to share them with you in this series called Photographer in…

At TourBuzz, we believe that results matter, so we recently asked our high-volume users to share their success stories with us. We received some great responses, and we are happy to share them with you in this series called Photographer in Focus.

GRAPE IMAGINGCarol Grape shared a story that highlights the power of great photography. …

The work of TourBuzz user, Ethan Tweedie, was featured on HawaiiLife.com describing the value and importance of professional photography in marketing real estate. That article got us thinking--how many other stories like this exist in the TourBuzz community?

When you work on software, you can have a tendency to get stuck into your work for weeks at a time and forget about the outside world, so it was refreshing and fun for us to have lunch with the guys atTunefruitthis week. They’re working on a marketplace for stock audio tracks with deep, rich tagging so users can find exactly what they’re looking for as…

Recently I posted my house for sale. We wanted to test the market and see our next steps. My three boys keep getting bigger and I can’t even use my own bathroom. Anyway, back to what you and your clients care about.

I created a TourBuzz tour. I added a street address domain name. I created a YouTube video that was posted to my personal YouTube account. The sign in the front yard only had a link to the TourBuzz web…

Several of you have asked me about adding Google Earth style fly over video into the tours. I have looked into it. Apparently all you need is a license version of Google Earth Pro. The video clips are created right out of their software. The license is $399.

Based on everything I have read, we cannot automate the creation of the videos. I could be wrong, so please let me know if you find out different. What that means is every video would need to be made by hand.

Dolly Lenz: Secrets of Selling to the Rich and Famous…

Lots of photographers call and ask how they can get more customers. They are typically great photographers that need more business. Tim Ray (TourBuzz Fellow) talked aboutselling the benefits of photography to Agents. Frank Zrinsky (another TourBuzz fellow) talked about …